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Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
David Roitman
David Roitman was born in Dorozhinki, Russia, and was one of the leading cantors of his…
David Zehavi
David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side immigrated…
Naomi Shemer
Naomi Shemer was a prolific singer and composer who built a unified Israeli cultural…
Joseph Shlisky
Joseph Shlisky was born in Ostrowiec Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he…
Joel Rubin
Joel Rubin is an American clarinetist, Klezmer musician, Ethnomusicologist, and…
Shmerke Kaczerginski
Born in Vilna to a poor family and educated at that city’s Talmud Torah, Shmerke…
Moshe Wilensky
Moshe Wilensky was born in 1910 in Warsaw, Poland. During the first World War, his…
Richard Newman
Richard Jacob Newman was a composer, arranger, conductor, and teacher. Neumann…
Elio Piattelli
Biography by Pasquale Troia
Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in…